Jennie Garth on Peter Facinelli Split: "It's Unfortunate"

JennieGarth is having a hard time coping with her split from Peter Facinelli, her husband of 11 years.

On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Thursday, the 40-year-old actress opened up about her new life as a single woman. "It's unfortunate," Garth said. "It happens to the best of us. It's something that has been really tough, for sure."

"My husband and I, we grew up together, so we are very important people to each other," she added. "We have three beautiful daughters [Luca, 14, Lola, 9, and Fiona, 5]."

"I'd always wanted to get the hell out of L.A. I wanted to experience a different life, and I'd been in L.A. working since I was 14 or 15. I just needed some fresh air," Garth said of uprooting her children and relocating to a rural setting. "I moved my girls to the country and I put them in public school."